The losing streak will not reach 10 games this time around, unless the Philadelphia Flyers have bizarre designs on starting another extended, painful skid over the final 38 games of the 2018-19 season.

On the strength of a stellar performance in goal by Carter Hart, the Flyers halted their losing streak at eight games and took down the Dallas Stars by a 2-1 final score. Travis Konecny and James van Riemsdyk scored for Philadelphia, while Hart made a whopping 37 saves on 38 shots to earn his third victory at the NHL level. Anton Khudobin took the loss for the Stars, stopping 20 of 22 shots in defeat.

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1: Hart looks like the real deal

The Flyers are a team with multiple flaws. A club with only one major problem doesn’t go on an eight-game losing streak...